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ICF vs. Steel Framing: Which Is Best For Commercial Construction?
ICFs have been used with great suc­cess for projects such as hotels, the­atres, mul­ti-sto­ry res­i­den­tial, office, retail, mixed-use retail, edu­ca­tion­al projects and all man­ner of pub­lic works and fed­er­al mil­i­tary appli­ca­tions. How­ev­er, some peo­ple argue that Steel Fram­ing is best for com­mer­cial con­struc­tion, so we decid­ed to get to the bot­tom of the ICF vs. Steel Fram­ing face-off.
The Fox Buck - Take the Wood out of Windows and Doors
Fox Blocks’ Glen Klassen gives an overview of the Fox Buck ICF win­dow and door buck.
Manufacturers
4 Tips For Overcoming The Labor Shortage
For com­pa­nies and pro­fes­sion­als suf­fer­ing from the industry’s labor short­age, these four tips can help over­come some of those obsta­cles and keep projects on sched­ule and on bud­get.
Fox Blocks ICF Partners with Habitat for Humanity
Fox Blocks donat­ed Insu­lat­ed Con­crete Forms (ICF) to the Habi­tat For Humanity’s 30th Annu­al Jim­my and Ros­alynn Carter Work Project. The vol­un­teers and mate­ri­als donat­ed by Fox Blocks will help rebuild the home of Elmer Lamberson’s whose home was lost in Super­storm Sandy.
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10 House Construction Ideas For Your New Build
Con­struct­ing a new home is a sig­nif­i­cant project filled with deci­sions about aes­thet­ics, func­tion­al­i­ty, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty. For home­own­ers look­ing to merge inno­va­tion with prac­ti­cal­i­ty, there are sev­er­al cool ideas for new home con­struc­tion.
Everything Your Customer Wants You to Know About the Latest LEED Changes
Con­trac­tors, archi­tects and engi­neers are design­ing and con­struct­ing new build­ings that are using renew­able mate­ri­als, invest­ing in sus­tain­able HVAC sys­tems, and are improv­ing the build­ing enve­lope to reduce the amount of ener­gy waste.
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Top 22 ICF Commercial Construction FAQs
Com­mer­cial ICF con­struc­tion has strict stan­dards, codes, bud­gets and time­lines to fol­low, and mak­ing sure you imple­ment ICFs accu­rate­ly and effi­cient­ly is impor­tant. We com­piled a list of the top ICF FAQs we get to help you feel con­fi­dent in your deci­sion to choose Insu­lat­ed Con­crete Forms for your next project.
How to Layout Scaffold on Fox Blocks' Insulated Concrete Form Walls
When you’re build­ing with insu­lat­ed con­crete forms, chances are you’re going to need to set up scaf­fold­ing.
ICFs and Severe Weather
The steel rein­forced con­crete, which can cure stronger than nor­mal con­crete because of the foam insu­la­tion, can with­stand winds of over 200 MPH, and pro­jec­tile debris trav­el­ing over 100 MPH. There are dozens of eye wit­ness exam­ples of ICF homes tak­ing EF5 tor­na­does head on with the walls still stand­ing.
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Working With an Architect: A Homeowner's Guide to Designing a New House
This guide will help you nav­i­gate through the process of hir­ing and work­ing with an archi­tect to suc­cess­ful­ly design and build the home of your dreams.